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Outcomes of a virtual CGM initiation service (virCIS) for primary care patients with diabetes [Diabetes and endocrine disease]

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

However, its adoption has been slower in primary care settings compared to endocrinology practices, resulting in unequal access for patients with diabetes. Implementation of a virtual CGM initiation service can be valuable for enhancing CGM access to primary care patients with diabetes. Setting: Primary care practices in Colorado.

Primary Care

Primary Care Diabetes Patients Education

Community Integration: Pushing the Boundaries for a Better World

Integrated Care News by CFHA

JUNE 12, 2025

We must understand how the current policies impact access to care and identify policy-related barriers faced by our patients and families. Relevant educational resources should be disseminated, such as “A Guide for Families Affected by Crisis and Displacement” by Sesame Workshop , available in multiple languages.

Community

Community Integrated Care Patient-Centered Families

Shorter stays, better outcomes

Sound Physicians

JUNE 9, 2025

Family practitioners hold critical knowledge about that patient’s health history to help guide a more successful stay in the hospital. Finally, caregivers—often family members—play a critical role in educating the care team, flagging barriers to care once out of the hospital, and providing necessary insights into the bigger picture.

Telemedicine

Telemedicine Hospital Patient-Centered Clinic

Apply to the ABMS Visiting Scholars Program

ABIM

MARCH 27, 2025

The American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) is committed to enhancing the quality of health care by certifying internists and subspecialists who demonstrate the knowledge, skills and attitudes necessary for excellent patient care. For more information, register for an informational webinar that will take place on April 15 at 6 p.m.

Board-Certified

Board-Certified Medical Specialty Internal Medicine Education

Finding the right fit: Considerations for a confident clinical career choice

Sound Physicians

JUNE 25, 2025

Who you serve matters Every hospital and facility have a unique patient population and clinical environment. Scope of practice: The types of frequent procedures and patient cases vary widely between facilities. Look at the leadership structure, continuing education opportunities, and potential for advancement. Ready, set, GO!

Clinic

Clinic Telemedicine Hospital Families

FDA Hosts Webinar for Stage 1 Requirements under LDT Final Rule

FDA Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 22, 2024

The webinar largely consisted of summarizing the general requirements under Parts 803, 806 and 820.198, which we do not reproduce here ( but see another of our prior blog posts discussing these requirements and their applicable to LDTs in greater detail; you can also find FDA’s slides from the webinar here ). By Steven J.

Manufacturing

Manufacturing Electronics Provider Management

Behind the stethoscope: A conversation with Dr. Osman Saleem

Sound Physicians

OCTOBER 30, 2024

I interacted with Sound clinicians during my residency, and seeing the impact they had on the patients and hospital leadership was inspiring. I began as a nocturnist with Sound, otherwise known as a hospitalist who cares for patients at night. While there, I was first introduced to the hospitalist team from Sound Physicians.

Hospital

Hospital Telemedicine Healthcare Provider

Agitation Podcast Series Episode 4: Safe prehospital transport of the agitated child

PEMBlog

JUNE 7, 2023

NASEMSO: Clinical care and restraint of agitated or combative patients by emergency medical service practitioners. link] Patient restraint in emergency medical services [Position Statement]. Prehosp Emerg Care. 2017;21(3):395-396.

Transportation

Transportation Patient-Centered Management Finance

Growing together: How Sound creates a culture of leadership

Sound Physicians

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Great patient care starts with great clinician leadership. The expertise and thoughtfulness that our leaders bring to our patients, teams, and, most importantly, our hospital partners is not something that just happens. It is, by design, built into the ways we educate, train, and support our clinical leadership.

Hospital

Hospital Telemedicine Clinic Management

Agitation Podcast Series Episode 5: Management of the child with mental health problems who is boarded in the ED

PEMBlog

JUNE 14, 2023

Boarding of Mentally Ill Patients in Emergency Departments: American Psychiatric Association Resource Document. Characteristics, Clinical Care, and Disposition Barriers for Mental Health Patients Boarding in the Emergency Department. Zima; Follow-up After Pediatric Mental Health Emergency Visits. 10.1542/peds.2022-057383 2019.6.42422.

Mental Health

Mental Health Management Patient-Centered Illness

Agitation Podcast Series Episode 3: Pharmacologic management of agitated children

PEMBlog

MAY 31, 2023

When we think of managing agitated patients we think of medicines – but that shouldn’t be our first option. Qualitative study of patient experiences and care observations during agitation events in the emergency department: implications for systems-based practice. PMID: 36948291. 2022 May 11;12(5):e059876. 2022 May 11;12(5):e059876.

Management

Management Patient-Centered Transportation Finance

Agitation Podcast Series Episode 2: Non-pharmacologic management of agitated children

PEMBlog

MAY 24, 2023

Patient that are agitated should always be treated with dignity and respect. Structured team approach to the agitated patient in the emergency department. The combative multitrauma patient: a protocol for prehospital management. Emerg Med Clin North Am. 2009 Nov;27(4):655-67, ix. doi: 10.1016/j.emc.2009.07.003. 2009.07.003.

Management

Management Patient-Centered Physicals Transportation

On Racism & Ageism: Ramona Rhodes, Sharon Brangman, Tim Farrell, and Nancy Lundebjerg

GeriPal

JANUARY 26, 2023

Ramona: Well, I’ve always been interested in health equity, always been interested in looking at disparities, and the disparities that I have looked at most often have been for patients at the end of their lives. It can influence education systems. Then, Nancy mentioned the possibility of creating this framework. Eric: Yes.

IT

IT Patient-Centered Healthcare Patients

Assisted Living Communities: Podcast with Sheryl Zimmerman, Kenny Lam, and Ken Covinsky

GeriPal

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

And she had started this practice following her mental health patients as they got older, and invariably over decades of her practice, her practice became an assisted living practice, because all of her patients ended up moving into assisted facilities. ” So, I think it’s the idea about education.

Community

Community IT Mental Health Medical

Hospital-at-Home: Bruce Leff and Tacara Soones

GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

We talk with Bruce Leff and Tacara Soones about the hospital-at-home movement, which has been shown to reduce costs, improve outcomes and improve the patient experience. JAGS Hospital-at-Home Interventions vs In-Hospital Stay for Patients With Chronic Disease Who Present to the Emergency Department: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.

Hospital

Hospital Patient-Centered Supply Chain IT

Primary Care Digest

Outcomes of a virtual CGM initiation service (virCIS) for primary care patients with diabetes [Diabetes and endocrine disease]

Community Integration: Pushing the Boundaries for a Better World

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Shorter stays, better outcomes

Apply to the ABMS Visiting Scholars Program

Finding the right fit: Considerations for a confident clinical career choice

FDA Hosts Webinar for Stage 1 Requirements under LDT Final Rule

Behind the stethoscope: A conversation with Dr. Osman Saleem

Agitation Podcast Series Episode 4: Safe prehospital transport of the agitated child

Growing together: How Sound creates a culture of leadership

Agitation Podcast Series Episode 5: Management of the child with mental health problems who is boarded in the ED

Agitation Podcast Series Episode 3: Pharmacologic management of agitated children

Agitation Podcast Series Episode 2: Non-pharmacologic management of agitated children

On Racism & Ageism: Ramona Rhodes, Sharon Brangman, Tim Farrell, and Nancy Lundebjerg

Assisted Living Communities: Podcast with Sheryl Zimmerman, Kenny Lam, and Ken Covinsky

Hospital-at-Home: Bruce Leff and Tacara Soones

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